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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

During the winter terms when the at
tendance is full, is good time to thor
oughly introduce and establish the course
of study. Start in with the determine
ton that your school shall be successfully
working upon the course before the close
of the winter. Last February forty-fiye
applicants wrote for diplomas. Let us
double that number this winter 1t can
be done if teachers will but take hold en-
thusiasticly TO bring the matter about
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29
8OOTS .I.1'D SHOES.
.ADSWORTH 4 WFIGER.

UvADSWORTH 4 WEIGER,
w River Falls, Wis.
Manufacturers Of and Dealers IN
Boots. Shoes. Gloves. NIttens, Hosiery,
and everything usually kept III = tirst-ciass
Boot and Shoe store. Custom work q
specially Repairing promptly and neatly
done Shop ON Mann 81, inst door south
of Cameron Bakery.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29
HUBER HOUSE,
JEW'ELR y.

Il 2. PETERSON * son,
Ds Watchmakers and Jewellers,
River Falls, Wis.
Dealers in fine Jewelry, Watches, Clocks
and Plated Ware. Sole agents for the
celebrated Rockford guick-train Watches
AL kinds Of repairing neatly executed,
and all work warranted.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

an y and reliable Medicines are the best
wv todepend upon. Acker's Blood Ell
ixir has been prescribed for years for all i'm
purities of theBlood. Inevery form of Scrof-
ulous, Syphilitic or Mercurial diseases, it is
invaluable. For Rheumatism, has no equal.
Youells & McMurphy, River Falls, Wis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

After this date goods Will be sold foI
cash, and at very low prices at Ia.
ven's.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

If you can have your boy as eager for
knowledge at fifteen as he is at five, you
need not fear about his education, for he
viii get it in spite Of all Obstacles CouJa-
" School Council.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29
Educational.

Communications from Teachers and those
interested Ina Education solicited. Address all
Communications 90 the Editor al Prescott, Wis. I
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

~ Y. DENNISTON,
- Ellsworth, Wis
Abstract, Real Estate * Insurance Office.
Taxes paid, and information given.
Full set of Abstract Books for Pierce and
st. CrOix counties.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

Great bargains in Jersey jackets at
Burhyte's.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29
Rock Elm.

Hugh Bell and wife started Tues1ry
for a visit to friends in Brainerd, and
will take in the Minneapolis Exposi-
tion and the sights in the twin cities
enrOute.
Wilbur Churchill is putting a glass
front in his store, and expects to get
it ready for occupancy in two weeks.
Capt. Murray and Mrs. Fuller, from
Pepin, visited the mines on Monday.
The rocker seems to work satisfac-
tOrily. though work has been sus-
pended for few days on account of
the absence of Mr.. Hawn and Prof.
Newell.
Dentist Andrews is putting up some
fine sets of teeth, and is to be found at
his office, having abandoned his st.
Louis trip.
Mrs. Churchill will spend next week
in the trimming rooms in st. Paul, and
return with her stock of fall and
winter goods about Oct. 10th. All are
cordially invited to call and examine
her goods and compare styles and
prices.
Mrs. |. Peterson and children visited
relatives here last week, returning
Saturday.
The W. c. t. U. are constantly re-
ceiying additions to their member
ship.
The Blue Ribbon club meets Satur.
day evening in Fox's Hall.
The Center district school will com.
mence Oct. LIST. IL. Lowater, teacher.
NJ. L. c.
Our tOwnspeonle who intended taking
passage in the G.. A. K. steamer to St.
Louis remained at home, as the steamer
did not go, with the exception of y
Utter and Ii. Preston, who proceeded
by rail.
The school-house walls viii be hard
finished and painted during the present
vacation.
Potatoes are being dug. A good
Weld is reported, but in some place:
they are decaying.
A large delegation from this place
attended the county fair. The r.
Brass Rand took one of the tournament
prizes.
The first severe Frost occurred OF
Friday night.
Gold mining has been resumed. w
suppose the question as To whethe
the mine will pay. will soon be solves
now that the new rocker is N opera
ton.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

Thomas Fischer viii teach the Ell Paso
village school the coming winter, III. Low
alter will be retained in the village of
Rock Elm, B. J. Thompson is teaching in
Olivet, and George Peterson with Lizzie
Kaye to assist will open the Maiden Rock
village school Oct. 3rd.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

Twenty-four applicants presented them
selves for examination at Rock Elm. OF
this number eleven declared their inten-
ton to make teaching their life work,
seven, that they would not and six doubt
full. History and arithmetic were the fa-
vorite branches with grammar, and geog-
raphy and physiology next and orthoepy
and reading last. The other branches
were not mentioned at all except consti-
tuition. Eighteen of the applicants were
females, six were males and the average
age was Is years. Twenty-eight was the
age of the oldest applicant and fifteen and
half the age of the youngest. Twelve
report no experience in teaching and the
average experience of the remainder is
five terms-one having taught twenty
terms and another fifteen. Without these,
the average is two and one third terms.
ten reported that they owned books on
teaching. Pages ''Theory and Practice
of Teaching" predominates. Of those
having experience, the majority reported
grammar as the most disagreeable branch
to teach. Ofthe twenty-four, one applied
for first-grade certificate, four for second
and the remainder for the third.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

No amount of other instruction will
take the place of written spelling during
the winter terms. 1t is the only spelling
which meets all demands.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

If all our teachers should become active
temperance teachers in their schools,
how many mature lives would be saved
from drunkarks' graves! Thousands of
boys grow up with the idea that alcohol
is not very bad drink, and that tobacco
is really quite good thing. They smoke
and chew, long before they are out Of
their teens, and learn the taste of beer
and whiskey soon after, and it is not I'M
til they experience the poisonous effects
of these drugs in their own systems, that
they become convinced of their injurious
character Teachers Institute and Prdcti-
cal Teacher.
The case might even be put stronger
than the above. We know of boys-not
a few-who get the habit of using tobac-
co long before they get into their teens
and learn the taste of beer and whiskey
long before they get ont Of them. The
iudicious teacher through propersinstruc-
ton of the boy can eventually save the
man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

The surplus of teachers this fall is great
With the work of the Normal and of the
summer schools the prospects do not
seem to indicate diminution in the inn
mediate future. In spite, however, of
this the average wages have increased
since two years ago. We are pleased to
note the activity among the teachers who
have attended the two summer schools
this season. These schools have not pre-
tended to offer facilities for thorough ed
ucation but have given excellent opportu-
mites to brighten rusted faculties. JUS
tice to their instructors demands recog-
milton of the fact that they have fully
met the expectations of those who are
best able to Judge We must commend
the zeal and enthusiasm of those teachers,
too, who have so willingly made the sac
rifice of time, money and energy necessa-
ny to share largely in the highest benefits
offered by these schools.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

GenI Pass. Agt., st. Paul, Mimi.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

The town of Rock Elm can boast of the
fact that all of her school-houses are neat,
commodious frame buildings. Three
cheers for rural Rock Elm!
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-13
Ihe Turkish Ruler.

The Sultan Abdul, Hamid, is thirty
eight years old, about the medium
height, with dark hair and eyes, swarthy
complexion, prominent nose, and slender
figure. The lower part of his face is
covered by a full black beard. He is not
handsome, but has an intelligent express
sion. He is progressive for a Turk, and
wishes to introduce some of the useful
inventions that are known in more civil
lied countries, but in this he is opposed
by his ministers. At present there are
not FIVE hundred miles of railroad in the
whole of Turkey. He is contemplating
a line from Constantinople to the Persian
Gulf, in order to bring to CONSTANT
nople the rich products of the valleys of
the Tigris and Euphrates, as well as the
valuable m of the East Indies,
thus making his capital the great dis
tributing centre of Europe and Asia.
Abdul Hamid lives in Oriental seclu-
SlOH. ne Is an IuSeGeTaCe. smoker,
and shows his European taste by smoking
cigarettes instead of Turkish pipes. His
palace surpasses, in beauty and mag
n%iticence, the rich descriptions in the
''Arabian Nights" The 'shall of jewels"
contains a dazzling collection of dia-
monds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, and
other precious stones, heaped in large
basins. The immense army of cooks, at
tendants, and others required to keep up
the Sultan's large household is a constant
drain upon the people. Abdul Hamid's
personal expenses are fifty million francs
$50, DOC, 000) a year. His f~avorite at
tendant, Kishlar Aga, the black eunuch,
receives two hundred and forty thousand
francs as his salary, with many rich per-
quisites. He bears the ~high-sounding
title of Guardian of the Gate of Delights.
-Argonaut.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-13
lNe First Ltahtnfnn Rod.

II we are to believe an Austrian paper.
the first lightning rod was not construct
ed by Franklin, but by a monk~of seuf-
tenberg, IN Bohemia, named Prohop Di-
wisch, who installed an apparatus the 18th
OF June, 1854, in the garden of the GU
rate of Prenditz Moravia). The appara-
tus was composed of a pole surmounted
by an iron rod supporting twelve curved
up branches, and terminating in as many
metallic boxes filled with iron ore and
closed by a lockwood cover, traversed by
81 sharp iron points, which plunged at
their base in the ore. All the system
was united to the earth by a large chain.
The enemies of Diwisch, jealous of his
success at the court of Vienna. ex-
cited. peasants of the locality against
him, and under the pretext that his
lightning rod was the cause of the great
drought, they made him take down the
lightning rod which he had utilized for
six years. What is most curious il the
form of this first lightning rod, which
was of multiple points like the one which
M. Melseu afterward invented.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-13

&
Naval men and marine architects in
Washington are discussing the latest adj
dition to the British navy. This is a mag
decent twin-screw, armor-plated battle
Aip, and she promises to be the most
powerful ship of war afloat. She was
named the Sans Pareil by Lady George
Hamilton. The Sans Parcel, without her
engines and fittings, is the heaviest YES
seIever launched in England except the
Great Eastern, her weight being more
than G000 tons. She is $40 feet in length,
seventy feet in breadth, thirty-sevenf feet
SAX IN depth and Of 10, 40 tons displace-
ment. F9r engines win be 1900 horse
d yer natural draught and 10, 900 horse
plRer forced draught. Her armament.
viii consist Of two 16-inch Hilton guns,
d 1e-inch cotton gun, twelve 6-inch
54ton guns, nine three-pounder quick
firing guns, twelve six-pounder quick
firing guns, two f-inch Nordenfeldt guns,
eight l4sinch Whitehead torpedo tubes
ma four 0.45-inch N~ordenfeldt guns.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-13
Where Then A,.e.

where are those who have gone be-
fore us2" yelled the valedictorian at the
commencement exercises at a college for
young men. # he meant the last gradu-
ating class we can inform him that n
of them is embroidery counter clerk IN a
dry goods store, another is driver of a
herdic, a third is a horse car conductor,
9 fourth is selling q new kind of furni-
ture polish, and a fifth is learning the
first principles of the mercantile business
as @janitor in a shoe and leather house.
TTid-Bits.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-13
Ihe Comtrtvanoe He 1rnntea

"Mr. Doppenheimer, I want to intro
duce a burglar-alarm into your house. 1t
dow
Il don't want none of desc tings. j
dom bodder me NIT burglars
"once you have tried them, Mr.. Dop-
penheimer5n
Look here, meester. If you wash
got a eondrivance what keeps mine wife
from goin' dru mine pockets when I
wash ashleep, den / talk NIT you q leedle
bit. Harper's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-13
liter Harpest.

The days of harvest are past again;
We have cut the corn and bound tho
sheaves,
And gathered the apples green and gold,
mid the brown and crimson orchard leaves,
With a 1owery promise the springtime came,
With the building birds and blossoms
sweet;
But oh! the honey, and fruit and wine!
And oh! the joy of the corn and wheat!
What was the bloom to the apples gold,
And what the flower to the ~honeycomb?
What was the song that sped the pillow!
To the joyful song of the Harvest Homes
So sweet, so fair, are the days of youth;
So full Of promise, SO gay of song;
To the lit of joy and the dream of love
Right merrily go the hours along.
But yet in the harvest time of life
We never wish for it's spring again.
We have tried our strength and proved our
heart;
Our hands have gathered their golden gain.
We have eaten with Sorrow her bitter bread,
And Love has fed us with honeycomb.
Sweet youth, we can never weep Tor bnee,
When Life has come to its Harvest Home.
When tho apples are red on the topmost
We do not think of their poisoning hour,
When the vine hangs low with its purple
fruit,
We do not long for its pale green flower.
So, then when hopes of our spring at last
- e---1 I'll I'll Il 81 - -
In the hearts sweet love in the hands brave
toll,
We shall not wish for our youth again.
All, no! we shall say with q glad content;
"After the years of our lard unrest,
Thank God for our ripened hopes and toll!
Thank God, the Harvest of Life is best.n
-[Amelia E. Barr in Independent.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-13
A Floating Palace.

w. K. Vanderbih's yacht, says the
New York World, cost somewhere be-
tween $3.50, 600 and ST, 000, 600. She is
the most elegantly and luxuriously APP
pointed yacht ahoat. On the hurricane
deck, below the pilot house, is a spacious
smoking room, beautifully finished in
mahogany. An extension table occupies
the centre of this apartment, and velvet
cushioned seats extend around the sides.
On the saloon deck is a wonderfully ar
ranged system of rooms, in which every
device is employed to economic space
without conveying any suggestion OF
cramping. Directly below the smoking
room is a well lighted and elegantly APP
pointed nursery for the millionaire's
children. The staterooms, IS in num-
Der, with accommodations for 25 persons,
are arranged about the nursery, and ex-
tend aft nearly to the stern. They are
as far superior to the staterooms of an
ocean steamship as those OF an ordinary
yacht are to the cabin of a trading YES
sci. They are variouslytinished in cherry
and walnut, and supplied with dressing
cases, %wardrobes, colored marble basins,
running water, and every modern appli-
ance for adding to the comfort and con-
venience of the occupant. Among these
are bathtubs sunk in the floor, covered
by trap doors that give no idea of their
existence, and fitted with c~ontrivances
for taking hot or cold, fresh or salt water
baths at will. The dining room is a spa
cious apartment beautifully finished in
white and gold, and capable of comfort
ably seating so persons. A passage from
the dining saloon leads past the engine,
where a settee is provided for those who
may wish to see it work, to the library,
a charming apartment finished in French
walnut. 1t is an evidence of the COM
pleteness of the yachts appointments to
say hat she is provided with the means
of making all of the ice required on
I}y whef her.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-13
a Ceulon Fishfng Boat.

The Parawas, or the fishermen of Cey-
Ion, form a distinct class by themselves.
They are a sturdy, industrious race, and
lead i hazardous and exciting existence,
battling with the surf which breaks
heavily over the reafs BY which the
Stand III Ceylon is surrounded. The
boats in which these fishermen pass d
great part Of their lives are of very Pc
culiar construction. They are hewn
from q single log, generally about 30
feet long, and not owe is inches beam.
They are kerr from capsizing by an out
ger, which Is q log Of wood as long as
the boat, lying parallel to it about 20
feet away The outrigger is held in
place BIZ . cospleo Of bamboo poles, which
nre curved above the water SO as to offer
% resistance by dragging. In the event
81 d heavy squall, when the outrigger is
lot sufficient to balance the pressure on
Che sail i member Of the crew acts al
shifting ballast and perches himself on
one III the bamboo poles. This is called
i onaEnan breeze" and Is exciting
work. Is atwo-man breeze when two
q tie daring fishermen become ballast
For the frail craft, Is q time of serious
danger.
The construction Of these outrigger
boats enables them to sail over the reefs.
and driven before 9 fresh galeat ! furi-
aaa and exciting pace, To pass safely
through the ioaIning, dashing breakers
3 tae waters of some placid bay, where
~eocpail,st trees form j graceful fringe
along tho shore.
Ths speed attained BY these Cingalese
aaine0ats i something marvellous.
rAsg hire been known q sail Ii d 20
nile " neqr kinming over the waves
with e velocity and Ightacss IL i bird,
lsadex flse ilfuI management Of TIL
fishermen.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-13
The Judge and his children,

There is a judge in this city who loves
his three children better than he loves
his life. During the summer months he
lives in Westchester county. After fin
ishings his work in town he has been in
the habit of going home and playing
with the children with the utmost free
dom, even getting down upon his knees
and carrying the children upon his
broad back. "A short time ago a sister
of the judge visited him, and brought
her three children with her. One of
them was taken i'll with the diphtheria,
and to preserve the other little ones from
possible contagion they were sent to this
city. The judge, like the hero he is, re-
manned to help his sister take care
Of the sick child. One after
another, each of the sisters
children were taken down with the fatal
disease, but all through her fearful siege
the Judge stood manfully. by her. But
the Judges heart aehed for a sight of his
own offspring, and so n day he slipped
down to the house in which the children
were domiciled. He knew that it would
be dangerous for his children to come
into personal contact with him. and SO,
after dark, he looked through the blinds
at them while at play. The sight was
too much for the big, tender-hearted
Judge, and he turned away to return to
Westminster county. He got as far as
the gate, when his affection for his little
ones overcame him again, and he re-
surned his vigil at the window. While
gazing vt their gambols the big tears
rolled down his face. and his arms ached
to enfoid them. but he was forceas to
leave without the coveted embraces Of
his little ones.-TNeW York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-13
SEeenin0 Ag0ma.

1t is very much healthier to sleep
alone. The urlhealthfulness of two per-
sons occupying the same bed very much
depends Oh the physical condition ii
either or both. # one IS diseased, in
jurysto the otheris sure to result. The
practice il unhealthful because the ex-
halations from the body Of one come in
contact with and are absorbed By the
skin Of the other, and because each one
must Of necessity, breathe some of the
ar which has been hreathed By the
other, and consequently rendered I'M
pure.H Herald Of Health.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-13
Seats at Royal PROFESSIONS.

The growth of prices for seats to see
royal professions in London is noted in
extant works on %coronations. In Ed
ward the First's time a farthing was
given. On the accession of Richard III
the price had risen to a penny. From
Henry VS. coronation to Henry WIS the
sum asked was twopence, or half of a
grosus, OF great. A whole groat was
charged in Henry Wits day, and until
Elizabeth, when a teston or tester, or six
pence, was charged. Ashilling was given
to view the coronation procession of
James I; half a crown was the recog-
nized figure in Charles IFS time. A
crown was paid in William IFS day.
Half a guinea was given at George IFS
coronation; and curiosity was considered
to have risen to an amazing height when
in some houses ten guineas, and in ordi-
nary houses five guineas, were given to
view the procession at George the
Fourth's coronation.-[London Tele-
graph.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-13

Rhinoceros hide is a new element in
the art world, and Roland Ward, a we'll
known taxidermist, has discovered and
developed hitherto unknown qualities and
beauties N the tremendously thick skin
Of that dainty little creature. For the
Maharajah Of Kooch Behar, a noted In
dian sportsman, MI. Ward has prepared
! variety of articles, ranging in size from
tables down to candlesticks, all made of
polished rhinoceros hide, which has the
appearance and peculiar effect of the
enest amber.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-13

The adulteration of milk in this
country is usually either in the removal of
cream or In the addition of water. A
San Francisco chemist has communicated
to the Agricultural Department the ON
position Of a milk adulterant, which has
been largely used in that city. The mix
ture consists Of common salt, saltpetre,
saleratus, a trace of caustic soda and a
large quantity Of sugar. The color is
impaired by caramel. The purer the
milk supply the larger win be the
demand from consumers. The nearer the
producers can come to the consumers
with their pure, fresh milk product the
larger and more satisfactory will be the
trade.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-13
The greatest OF Missionaries.

The biggest missionary enterprise on
record has been accomplished by the
Rev. George Muller, founder of an or
phanage at Bristol, who has just returned
from a preaching tour round the
world. The indefatigable evangelist has
been absent ten years, during which
time he has travelled over $50, 600 miles,
extending through the United States,
New Zealand, Australia, the MaIayan Pc
n%insula, China, Japan, and the journey
home through Europe. What makes the
feat really extraordinary is that Mr.. Null
Ter is now 80 years Of age, and is report
ed to have finished in splendid condition.
His united congregations during the tour
amount to over a million persons.-[Lon-
don Truth.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-13
The Earnest Mnas.

The man not ii earnest seldom accom-
plishes muchin this world. Bulwer once
said: Nothing is 50 contagious as en-
thusiasm it IS the aflegory Of the tale Of
Orpheus; it moves stones, it chains
brutes. Enthusiasm Is the genius Of sin
eerity, and truth accomplishes no victo-
iies without I.